Little Olive was not his friend in real life, and Little Olive’s game ID was not actually ‘Little Olive’ but a few English letters plus ‘Little Olive’¹.

Four years ago, Little Olive was randomly matched by the game system to be his teammate. That time, he had been too unlucky. He didn’t get any good equipment and was easily knocked down by their opponents. He didn’t have any hope of winning. Unexpectedly, Little Olive beat one against four and killed the opposing team’s entire formation.

In fact, that team was a technical team, and everyone in it was a frickin’ god of war. They were legitimately awesome, but they were wiped out by Little Olive all by herself.

Just when he was about to be eliminated and there was only a few seconds left in the  countdown, a golden sports car stopped beside him with a loud roar. Little Olive, wearing beautiful and sassy clothes, jumped out of the car, pulled him up under the cover of smoke bombs, and threw him a first aid kit.

At that moment, Little Olive was enshrined in his heart as a god.

Lin Xiao shamelessly added Little Olive as a game friend over and over again, until finally the hard work paid off. He and Little Olive became game friends. From then on, as long as he teamed up with Little Olive, he would win five or six times out of ten².

He and Qin Xing were both little fans of Little Olive.

Little Olive never connected to the game with a microphone and only communicated through text. Among the high-end players he had come into contact with, Little Olive was undeniably one of the most awesome.

He and Qin Xing had always believed that Little Olive was the secondary account of some e-sports master.

But there’s really been no way to confirm it.

Lin Xiao said to Qin Xing, “Today is Valentine’s Day. Little Olive probably went on a date with her boyfriend. Just wait.”

“She has a boyfriend?” Qin Xing asked.

“I don’t know, I’m just guessing.”

While Lin Xiao and Qin Xing truly admired Little Olive, they never asked much about her personal affairs. Whether Little Olive had a boyfriend or not had nothing to do with them.

He talked to Little Olive about meeting up in person, and he wanted to take her out to play after getting to know each other. It would be fun for everyone to get together and play games. Unfortunately, the invitation to meet up was rejected by Little Olive.

Lin Xiao’s idea of ​​meeting Little Olive in real life was very simple: with his and Qin Xing’s background, they could bring a lot of resources and opportunities to Little Olive. They didn’t want her for anything, and they didn’t need anything in return—they just wanted to take her to play. However, Little Olive was indifferent; she made a clear distinction between the 2D games and real life.

The system gave a prompt that Little Olive was online.

Lin Xiao sat up straight, “Little Olive is here, hurry up!”

Little Olive was very popular. She has many friends and as soon as she goes online, too many people pull her to form a team with them. Most times, they couldn’t grab Little Olive to form a team.

But today, they were lucky and successfully invited Little Olive.

Qin Xing and Lin Xiao didn’t wear headphones when they connected to the microphone. Just now, Little Olive went online, and they got so excited that they shrieked like monkeys. 

A slight frown marred Qin Moling’s brow. He looked up and tilted his head, sipping his red wine. He hadn’t eaten dinner yet. Qin Xing’s microphone was too noisy, and he couldn’t bear it. 

He scolded Qin Xing, “Go back to your own room if you want to play!”

Qin Xing was engrossed in playing the game, his head down, looking at the screen of his mobile phone. He said without raising his head, “Older brother, don’t say anything. I can’t hear where the gunfire is coming from.”

Qin Moling: “…”

He took the wine glass to the kitchen. He waited for Jian Hang in the villa all night and hadn’t eaten yet. There was no live-in nanny here—Aunt Geng only came to clean the house during the day. Only occasionally, when he took a break, would Aunt Geng come in to cook.

Qin Moling put down his wine glass, took out some ingredients from the refrigerator, and cooked a simple meal by himself.

In the living room, Qin Xing was in the middle of a fierce battle, and the chaotic chatter could be heard all the way to the dining room from time to time.

He didn’t know what kind of divinity Little Olive was, that they could actually make Qin Xing admire them so much.

The main dining room was close to the living room. Qin Moling didn’t like all the noise Qin Xing was making, so he took his dinner and wine glass to the small dining room by the terrace. It instantly became quiet.

Qin Moling seldom ate at home, and the number of times he ate at this small dining room was even less. Outside the terrace, there was bustling night scene, as bright as a stream. He has seen beautiful night scenes all over the world. After seeing too many, no matter how beautiful it was, it could only be commonplace in his eyes.

Qin Moling didn’t even look out of the glass and ate his dinner in low spirits. He went to the villa tonight with the intention of waiting for Jian Hang to come over, and then the two of them could go to dinner together after looking at the villa’s decoration.

Later, after waiting for her so long, when he went to give her the gift, it was already past nine o’clock, and he was no longer in the mood to eat.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The one who didn’t have dinner was Jian Hang. But then she was used to not eating much for dinner, so she just didn’t have any tonight. She only ate some fruit and drank a box of yogurt before logging on to the game.

She was in a good mood before going to bed. She didn’t know whether it was because she enjoyed fighting in the game, or because she received a new bag from grandma. It wasn’t a question of whether this bag was expensive or not—this color was currently not available in China at all.

Jian Hang deliberately didn’t think about the car Qin Moling gave her.

… …

Early next morning.

Jian Hang’s car was borrowed by Qin Moling, so she had no choice but to drive the high-profile coupe.

Jian Hang was quite familiar with the performance of this sports car. Her best friend owned one and she has driven it several times when she was abroad.

She got into the car and buckled her seat belt. When she turned her head, she caught a glimpse of a man’s wallet on the passenger seat.

Qin Moling gave her this car as a gift yesterday and forgot that his wallet was still in it.

Jian Hang took a photo of the wallet and sent it to him. [Will you ask someone to come and get it, or should I send it to you?]

Qin Moling: [Put it away first. Pick it up at noon.]

He didn’t specify who will come over to get it, but Jian Hang automatically understood his response to mean that he will ask his secretary or driver to come over.

Jian Hang replied to him: [Okay, I will be in the office all day today. You can ask someone to go directly to Yinlin to find me. At the 26th floor.]

Marriage First, Love Later translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Fun fact! Apparently, aside from looking similar, Chinese olives have no relation to the European olives. They are from completely different family of plants, taste different, have different texture, and are grown mostly for consumption as preserves —salty, sweet, spicy, tangy, or any combination thereof—or as a health supplement; unlike European ones that are grown primarily for its oil.

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Chapter 6.1 — Go To Her Office (1/26)
Chapter 6.2 — Go To Her Office (1/27)

Chapter 7.1 — Moving In (1/28)
Chapter 7.2 — Moving In (1/29)

Chapter 8.1 — Wednesday Night Phone Call (1/30)

1. Hah! Translation woes. The name they call her is in Chinese: 小橄榄 or ‘xiao ganlan’ which means ‘little olive’. We use the English translation of her name, ‘Little Olive’, because this is an English translation work 😂. The game ID name is some English letters + the Chinese characters ‘小橄榄’. ↩︎
2. I thought they’d win more considering how hyped up Little Olive was but this is really what the text says. Maybe without Little Olive, Lin Xiao can only win once or twice 😂
   EDIT: I’ve been watching online games tournaments and yep it seems a 50+% winning rate for top players is a pretty good statistic. It’s cause you will be matched with players of the same rank as you and the fact that you can beat them more than you lose to them is already good. ↩︎